Posts Tagged ‘Hate Crime’
3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
3 Black senators introduce bill to make lynching a federal hate crime. Representative Leonidas Dyer of Missouri sponsored an anti-lynching bill that was thwarted by Southern Democrats in the 1920s.
Read MoreBoy’s Near-Hanging Compels Town to Open Discussion on Racism
By Michael Casey, The Grio/Associated Press CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) — In this struggling mill town in western New Hampshire, racism was never something people talked all that much about. There were people who drove around Claremont with Confederate flag bumper stickers in the mostly white town of 14,000 and some instances of high schoolers using…
Read MoreMost Of America’s Terrorists Are White, And Not Muslim…
When talking terrorism and extremist criminal behavior and consequent death and murders, America’s problem concern are the growing threat of far-right extremism. White thugs, carrying out various hate-crimes in America running rampant.
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Sean Urbanski Charged With Murder of Black Bowie State Student Richard Collins III
Sean Christopher Urbanski, 22, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Bowie State University student Richard Collins III.
Read MoreAttorney General Loretta Lynch: You Must Continue To Report Hate Crimes
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is urging Americans to report any hate crimes they witness to both their local law enforcement and the Justice Department.
Read More3 White Mississippi Men Sentenced For Hate Crimes, Including Running Over Black Man
Three white men who pleaded guilty in Mississippi to hate crimes that included a black man’s death after he was beaten and run over were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to between seven and 50 years in prison.
Read MoreHate Crime Punished With Execution
Harry Mitts Jr.’s execution evokes mixed feelings by the family of the two Black neighbors he killed in 1994.
Read MoreFBI: Hate crimes down nationally; nearly half are racial
A recent FBI report has good news about hate crimes–they’re decreasing–but that may not mean much for Black Americans.
Read MoreTulsa Shootings and the Color of Hate
Dr. Nsenga K. Burton reflects on the global prevalence of racism and anti-Black violence after a shooting in Tulsa.
Read More2 Tulsa Shooting Suspects Confess, Police Say
A holiday shooting in Tulsa appears to be racially motivated according to people close to the shooters,
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